Canadian dance/pair splits

Is this the usual carnage falling Nationals? It seems like more teams than usual are splitting.

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It could be; it certainly seems like that's true. However, looking back at the junior results from 2013 Canadians, six of those teams didn't continue into this season (if I am counting correctly), which is the same number of splits as there now are from the 15 junior teams at this year's Canadians.

What is unusual compared to last season is that more of the splits are happening with higher-ranked teams; last season the majority of the splits were from the teams in 10th place or lower, with Caelen Dalmer/Shane Firus being the notable exception to that.

Really surprised about Desveaux/Razgulajevs. They've been skating together for years! They didn't look as strong this year, but they have a couple of years left at Junior.

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They have been together since they were young kids, but perhaps after finishing so low they realized they weren't going to advance much farther?

On the other hand, has it been confirmed they have split for good? They still seem to have photos of each other on their Twitter accounts as of a few days ago when I checked, and looked like they were hanging out together.

Su graduates this spring from the communications program at the University of Toronto. As often happens with post-secondary graduates, the demands of adulthood quickly crowd out the whims of youth.

&#8220;I now have to get a job in the real world,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You can only hang around arenas for so long.&#8221;
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Wong also studies dance and drama. She says she learned a lot in terms of confidence and sound decision-making in the two years she worked with Su. Wong says it&#8217;s been a good run, adding she&#8217;s &#8220;sad&#8221; to see Su move on. Coaches and handlers are scouting around for a suitable replacement.

A new ice dance team for 2014-2015 : Lauren Collins and Shane Firus. Shane is moving to Barrie to train with Lauren. They should make a strong team. Not sure if they plan to skate junior or senior level as Shane is not eligible for junior level for ISU unless they lower the male age limit to 21.

A new ice dance team for 2014-2015 : Lauren Collins and Shane Firus. Shane is moving to Barrie to train with Lauren. They should make a strong team. Not sure if they plan to skate junior or senior level as Shane is not eligible for junior level for ISU unless they lower the male age limit to 21.

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Great news! I think Shane is a very good dancer and skater and it was sad when he stayed without patner.
Good luck to new team!
Amy news about Delmaestro-Lum?